Project Sea 1000 aims to deliver twelve regionally superior submarines to the Royal Australian Navy from the early 2030s to replace the current fleet of six Collins class boats.Australia’s unique requirements call for twelve...

The F-35A Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter) has been the most controversial combat aircraft acquisition Australia has entered into since the heady days of the F-111 strike/reconnaissance platform 50 years ago. The F-35 has...

Iran seems on a roll. A nuclear weapons deal has removed sanctions, releasing embargoed funds, its military forces appear winning in Syria and Iraq, new long-range ballistic rockets are being tested, and small Iranian...

“Army is Australia’s biggest and most experienced user of drones,” claimed General Angus Campbell when Chief of Army. The facts support him. Air Force is out of the drone business until next decade when...

Several themes in the Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) demonstrate that Washington has an increased determination to make nuclear weapons more useful in pursuit of its national security interests. An unclassified version of...

The Australian Defence Force’s Integrated Battle Telecommunications Network (I-BTN) capability has achieved the Initial operational Capability (IOC) milestone for the Initial Material Release of equipment. The I-BTN is being delivered by Boeing Defence Australia...

The Australian Defence Force’s battlefield aviation capability achieved a major milestone in the littoral domain recently, with the successful employment of Army’s battlefield mobility helicopters as part of an Amphibious Task Group (ATG). The...

Robots are reaching the land battlefield. The technology involved was already becoming more capable and robust, but the Iraq War significantly boosted robotic development. The large-scale use of improvised explosive devices (IED) by insurgents...

Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Pashley Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Previously, one of the Australian Army’s general-purpose infantry units, the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Amphibious (2 RAR Amphib) is now...

The Australian Army’s new Hawkei protected mobility vehicle (PMV) is now becoming a familiar sight around the country, as low rate initial production of vehicles builds pace at Thales Australia’s manufacturing facility at Bendigo...

In the first half of 2018 the militaries of Israel and Iran have escalated the confrontation between their two countries, using Syria as the battleground. Last February, an Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crossed...

Air forces the world over closely watch America’s latest airpower innovations. These have often revolutionised the employment of airpower. Now, the Americans are again innovating and working towards a new airpower revolution. In time,...

It's a video that looks convincing — former U.S. president Barack Obama speaking directly to a camera and calling current U.S. President Donald Trump "a total and complete dipshit." But it never actually happened. The video was produced and voiced by director Jordan Peele and Buzzfeed to warn people of an emerging technology that can […]

The age of Big Data is upon us. And, as more data is available for analytical purposes, more sensitive and private information is at risk. As The 2018 Thales Global Data Threat Report notes, “The top Big Data security issue is that sensitive data can be anywhere – and therefore everywhere – a concern expressed […]

If you think cyber risk management is not the end of the world you are dead wrong, according to the federal government’s top adviser on these matters. Alastair MacGibbon thinks a potentially cataclysmic cyber security failure is “the greatest existential threat we face as a society today” and the relevant authorities have not been taking […]

Microsoft Office tools, particularly, the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, have always enticed criminal hackers due to their popularity among the masses. A slight glitch or feature exploit can hence lead to massive cyber attack campaigns involving phishing and malware drops. Recently, a researcher discovered an attack method that exploits Microsoft Office PowerPoint for malware attacks.

Cyber hacking has grown more sophisticated over the past five years, from banking trojans and ransomware to today's main threat - cryptomining. Internet security firm Check Point's intelligence operations group manager Maya Horowitz explains how cyber attacks have evolved to Felix Todd. As the internet becomes an ever more prevalent influence on 21st century life, […]

Australian Defence Industry Minister Steven Ciobo has broken ground on TAE Aerospace’s new Turbine Engine Maintenance Facility (TEMF) in Queensland. Located in Bundamba, south-east Queensland, the latest turbine engine maintenance site will help support in-country sustainment of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter jets.

The US says it will join Australia in developing a naval base in Papua New Guinea (PNG), in an apparent move to curb China's growing influence. Vice-President Mike Pence said the three countries would work together on the facility on Manus Island. Australia announced last month that it would work with PNG to develop the […]

Today’s sod-turning on the new Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence marks a new milestone for the Australian Army and the nation’s developing defence industry. Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP said he was pleased to see the ongoing development of Australia’s Defence industry sector, and the key next step in the over $5 […]